AN ACT relating to student health.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize a superintendent or principal to request assistance from a local health department to implement a health curriculum, comply with statutory program requirements, or provide additional health programming for students; provide example programs a local health department may offer; require instruction and programming provided in partnership with a local health department be subject to the curricular requirements of KRS 160.345.

Introduced: February 19, 2025

Last action: March 11, 2025

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This bill would allow school superintendents and principals to request help from local health departments to support health education in schools. Local health departments could assist with health curriculum, required health programs, or additional health programming for students. Any instruction provided through these partnerships would still need to follow existing Kentucky rules that give parents the right to review materials and opt their children out. Who it may affect: K-12 students, parents, school administrators, and local health department staff.

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